2. Regardless of relative quality, if I know of and like songs from a country, I have to chose one of them. This will hurt some countries. For countries where I know multiple songs/artists, I have allotted myself 10 minutes to make a decision on the best song.

3. If I don’t know songs from a country (marked with an asterisk*), I have allotted myself 10 minutes of internet research to find a song. This will also hurt some countries.

4. My rules for a band representing a country is roughly as intuitive as FIFA’s rules for players representing nations. (In other words, any remote affiliation may count.)

5. These choices are definitive of my personal taste in music, nothing more. Please share your favorites in the comments.

On with the show.

Group B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia

Spain:

Mano Negra – “Mala Vida”
(French born due to Franco Regime, but Spanish by decent)

Truth be told, I could choose a number of Mano Negra or Manu Chao songs, but this was the first of their songs I discovered.